bandster_1007

i went to the doc yesterday for my first fill. i had regained all but 4 ounces of my pre op weight back. (most of it is water). they told me to sip Water and tell them when i could feel it sitting there. well, i haven't had to sip anything since my surgery. not even right after. i could drink a 8 ounce glass of water in 5 seconds with no problems. so about 50 sips later (literally), and growing bored of the "sip" "wait", "ok, what do you feel?" "-nothing", "ok..sip"..lol. she put a lot in there and i took a sip, nothing, another sip, nothing, another sip, HOLY COW I THOUGHT MY CHEST WAS GOING TO BURST APART!!! Out of nowhere came this horrible burning pressure. awful... so, she took a little out and we went through it again. I GOT 6.5 CC'S!!!! needless to say, i have to sip now. this is awesome. this thing actually works. it just took me 30 minutes to drink a smoothie. the day after surgery, i could have drank 3 in 10 minutes or less if i wanted. i hope it stays this way. how has been for most of you so far, did you notice the fill for the first couple of days, and then it just goes away? or did you notice anything at all? i hope it stays like this, but i must admit i am a little afraid to eat. we'll see how that goes in another 36 hours...and counting..lol.

how did it go??? i missed my 2nd fill appointment (sick from bowel obstruction..yeah, i know..gross right?). i'm gaining also. i haven't exercised and i cannot diet. if i could i would not have needed the band. now, i'm scheduled for my next fill in january :faint:. just what i need...to be able to eat normal through the holidays..haha..i got the band when i did to help stop that. :angry oh well. i'm going to try to get them to "fit" me in, but they are so darn busy at my doc's office, that if you miss a fill, oh well.......

i don't know how my overeating compares, but a 6 inch sub pre banded and i was full. granted, 2 hours later, i was eating again. so, i'm still eating that way..now. hope it's gets better. although, i may not be able to eat a whole pizza and never could, i still overate.

i'm partial to huckabee, although i may change my mind about him later.

i've tried topamax and a variety of other pills for my migraines,and i have little luck. i split my pills with a pill splitter as previously mentioned. i am not well restricted, but i do not want to take a chance. you must make sure that your pills can be split, however, before you do it. i tend to take my skelaxin and cut it into eighths, and then i can take it. recently, my neuro called me in stadol, which is a nasal spray. it works, but it makes you high...so...it is a last resort, as i can't work or drive when taking it, but i can take it when in liquid phases, so whew-hew.

..very true..very true... wasa- i am not sure of a specific culprit-or i should say a specific culprit was not identified while making this post...lol...

i like people who are humble, honest, empathetic, respectful, positive, and encouraging. i like people that have a light around them all of the time. it is something that i wish i had.

it really does take the fun out of debate. and like you said in your other post, i love intelligent people. and i thirst for knowledge. my mom always tells me that i am "wishy washy" because i think too much. i can see each side of the story. i think that people should have a right to educate us on this forum without being drawn out to be a know it all, or hushed. and i think that people should also post in a caring & receptive way. let me clarify, i think that wasa has a wealth of knowledge, and when i post, i welcome her opinion. she is obviously very intelligent and she has done her research. this is what i support, what i do not support is other people, who perhaps are "threatened" by her opinions that start calling her names, etc. i see this a lot on here. i see someone express an opinion and someone else goes off the deep end. it's ridiculous. i also do see a lot of caring people on here, and a lot of us do not know the answers to everything, so when someone offers their opinion, even if it isn't correct, there is a nicer way to handle it. just post your opinion..you know..no need to persecute.

inthecitygirl----yes, laura is right. the magnesium citrate does it's job, but once it kicks in, it is not pretty. i would not recommend doing it to late in the evening. and do not drink it if you have plans to go anywhere for the rest of the day. i was able to control it, but you still have to go very frequently.

the magnesium citrate that you can buy at the drug store works (it comes in a little glass bottle..i like (not really, but you know) the cherry flavored). you drink it and i promise you will go. just shake it real well a few times to get the carbonation out, and it is a sickly sweet taste. but..it works. i drank that yesterday, and i did a saline enema, and i am taking rx miralax.

i only know what my doctor said about the fiber supplements. that is his opinion. my doc also doesn't think we should eat popcorn..so there you go. i have endometriosis, too, but i have not been "checked" for it in several years. my last period only lasted 4 hours, so it may be that the endometriosis has attached to the colon. i may need to get that checked. this is a particularly horrible situation for me because i had missed so much work from migraines and then my surgery, that my work is threatening to lay me off at the beginning of the year (despite the fact that i filed fmla), so to be stuck at home on the pot really sucks. my boss said that "shit happens"..haha.. and she understands, but who knows.... they have a business to run, and my colon needs to stop running so i can help. my family doctor said that this blockage, as far as the pain, resembles a ruptured appendix. it is nasty. hurts to walk, etc. but i have to say i have lost about 14 inches in my abdomen over the last 24 hours.

by the way laura...i absolutely love your quote....

thank you so much for your input anyways. doctor's are so different you know. my doctor says "take milk of magnesia", but then you "hear" or "read" about dependency on laxatives. i think that i haven't been eating any fruit or vegetables, and i need desperately to have those for fiber. i will talk to my doctor tomorrow though, maybe i misunderstood on the fiber thing. especially if other people can take it with no problems.

my doctor doesn't let us take benefiber, or any other fiber supplement. is my doc the only one that thinks that? he says it can swell our pouch. i'm know i need fiber, but i'm not sure how else to get it.

state ur worth!!! congratulations on your weight loss!! 10 lbs! wow, bet you are more ready for that christmas function than anything. i go for my second fill on Wednesday and i haven't lost anything yet (by the time you count the gain before the first fill). so, i'm still waiting! hopefully i will be singing a different tune in january. but, i do admit that i have not been exercising, and i need to start doing this soon. this is just as important as a good fill, i just haven't been very motivated.

my son's schools has very traditional uniforms. they must always have a belt, tucked in shirts, white socks (which i would prefer navy..), etc. their hair must never touch their ears, etc. i like it. i personally also like the new "beatles" style haircuts..guess they aren't new. but my son just has to wear his normal ole' boy cut. i think uniforms cut down on a lot of teasing, but still teasing will happen (obviously with the heavier kids and the shirt tails....perhaps they just need a better size)...i don't know....

at my son's schools if it comes to paddling, they call the parent to come up to the school to do the paddling. luckily, i haven't had to do that.

haha..the rules that you had, my son's school still has. very old fashioned.

i was just joking..i watch tv and there is way more of it on there. i thought your picture was an excellent way of showing us what you are talking about...i'm still on the lookout for those things.. i want one.

haha, that is too funny. it's amazing how kids imitate us. i haven't had my son do that... but he does say, "mom can we go to mcdonald's, they have liquids". he seems to be stuck in that part of it, maybe because i make such a big deal out of only having liquids, he hasn't even noticed that i eat dinner with them.

i do think that our schools have ridiculous rules, but i think they have been FORCED to make such drastic rules due to being sued, etc. that is what our world has come to, people sue their own moms. private schools have just as crazy rules, based on other premises. for example, my son is in a private school. he is not allowed to touch a girl-EVER, not even on the playground. they cannot even play tag. it can result in a paddling or suspension. i think that is crazy. also, i heard once of a kindergartener being expelled because she made a toy gun out of lego's and started pointing it around the room saying "pow" "pow". i don't know how true that story was, but it is among the many that i have heard happen now.

ooooohhhh..that is bad....ooohhhh i'm in bandland and get tempted by a food advertisement...wow..i didn't even know they had those. lmao i like the 100 calorie carrot cakes, but rarely have just one. i have expressed many times my problems with sugar after surgery. it has been my biggest and hardest problem. all the sudden i want vanilla ice cream with fudge chips and cookie dough, sugar Cookies, and fudgsicles. before..i rarely ate any of the above. i finally stopped fighting the cravings and would just eat them. now, i'm losing my want for them. i'm getting more restricted and i'm amazed at how much my cravings are subsiding. ----by the way, my strategy was not the best, and i gained back all of my post op loss, so i'm not recommending it, but it seems to be working for me. if i can have it, i don't want it...if i can't, WATCH OUT..

i have a six year old son, who is already a little obsessive about eating healthy and exercising. a lot of this could be from my being heavy. his dad is very active and fit, and he is always telling him that he has to eat healthy and exercise. well, my son knew that i was having surgery and that my stomach was going to be sore, but he didn't know the details. and then, one night--i believe it was after my fill, and he said, "i'm so sorry that you had to have surgery mama, i sure wish you could eat". that was when i explained to him that i had surgery to help me lose weight, and that it was hard and it was painful, but i did it for my health. and i told him that i had gotten into a really bad habit of making bad decisions with my food and not exercising. i told him that is why it is so important to eat healthy and to stay active, because if you don't you may end up having to have surgeryto help you lose weight. he understood. now he tells me that he can't wait for me to lose weight -because he hears me say that. i actually felt much better being honest with him. and maybe it will play some role in helping him when he is older (he's already a "big" kid, not fat..but big, he 6 years old and he is 4'2" and weighs 73 lbs.

she only told me about the 500 cc's because i asked if i only had room for 3.5 cc's left. if i actually have the apl though i still have 8.5 cc's. haha, i'm getting clarification on that one. so, i asked if that was all it could hold, and she said, no it can hold a lot more, and i asked how much..so she told me. she didn't volunteer it, i asked. she said it was in "some study". i thought it was an interested tidbit of knowledge. i sure hope i don't need 500 cc's. haha, that is A LOT of fills.

i've been banded for about 7 weeks now, and i am just now getting past the crankiness. dh is a real jokester and he said this to me (i was joking with him also). i have been really honest about my mood and we were laughing about it, now that i'm in a good mood, and dh said he was beginning to wonder if the stuck a stick up my ass instead of a band around my stomach. haha..so true, that is how i have been acting. i was soooo hard. i wanted to eat, and i was pissed that i couldn't, and i couldn't cope. i think this is very normal.